Hamilton rogers



(No Model.)

H. ROGERS. METAL PACKING 1'03. OAR AXLE BOXES.

No. 403,141. Patented My 14, 1889.

Vii/2145 551 5 NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIAMTLTON ROGERS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE ROGERS OAR AXLE BOXCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

METAL PACKING FOR CAR-AXLE BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 403,141, dated May 14,1889.

Application filed March 16, 1888.

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that LvHAMlLTON ROGERS, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledo, in the county ofLucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and use fulImprovements in Metal Packing for Car- Axle Boxes and Means for Holdingthe Packing in Place and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to a metal packing for car-axle boxes and means forholding the packing in place, and has for its object to prevent theheating of journals from a failure of capillary feed, either by reasonof the packing becoming saturated with oil and falling below the pointof contact with the journal or by being moved by the revolution of theaxle to one side of the box.

My present invention is an improvement upon that shown and described inLetters Patent granted to me September 20, 1887, and numbered 372,948,wherein is described and claimed a flexible packing composed of metalshavings.

The invention herein described consists in a metal packing .composed (iwjre, preferably copper or steel, densely packed into the desired shapeto fit within the box or channel-plate beneath the journal, which by itsresiliency affords a full and suffi'cient support to the waste that maybe arranged there on, and also by its conductivity of heat tends to givefluidity to the lubricant when solidified by cold.

The invention further consists in a channeled plate for insertion withinboxes .already constructed, and arranged to hold the packing fromlateral displacement by the revolution of the journal.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse section through the car-axlebox, illustrating the position of the journal and the packing inposition within the channel-plate. Fig. 2 is an isometric view of thechannel-plate.

Serial No. 267,439. (No model.)

Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view through the roll ofmetal packing.

A designates the box; B, the brass; O, the wedge; D, the journal of theusual construction, and therefore needing no further description.

E is a supplemental channel-plate adapted to be inserted within theoil-receptacle of the box and receive the packing, to hold the same infixed position beneath the journal.

The pan is formed with a channel, F, preferably rectangular incross-section, and wings G, extending horizontally from the upperportion thereof of a width adapted to bear against the sides of the boxto hold the plate from lateral displacement. The channel portion isformed with openings 11 at the base and sides, which allow communicationwith the oil-receptacle, thereby permitting the oil to flow freely tothe interior of the channel portion. I

I designates the metal packing, illustrated as wrapped with a coveringof waste, K, the whole preferably formed into a cylindrical roll, L.(Shown as bisected horizontally with the top portion removed.) Thepacking is composed of resilient wire formed into a compact mass bydensely packing the same into the desired shape to fit beneath thejournal, and is preferably Wound with waste, although the wire inpractice has been found to possess sufficient capillarit-y to insure aneven feed of lubricant to the journal, the wire at all times bearingwith sufficient friction upon the journal to conduct the lubricantthereto, and also to receive sufficient warmth from the friction toliquefy the lubricant, the same results being attained when combinedwith the waste.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. In combination with a car-axle box provided .with an oil-receptacleand axle-journal revolving within the box, a flexible packing forconducting the lubricant to the journal, composed of metal wire having acovering of waste or analogous material, as and for the purpose setforth.

2. In combination with a car-axle box and axle-journal, anoil-receptacle beneath the In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 10journal provided with a supplemental elianmy own I hereby ai'fix mysignature in pi'esnel-plate packed with a flexible oil-eoinlnctonce oftwo witnesses. ing medium, consisting of a central core of 5 resilientmetal and an outer covering of tex- HAMILTON ROGERS.

tile material in Contact with the journal, the packing being heldbeneath the journal by lViinesses: means of the channel-plate, as and.for the 'WILLIAM WEBSTER, purpose set forth CARROLL J. WEBSTER.

